My work explores play as a way of challenging perception and intuition.
I create acrylic paintings where familiar environments subtly obey impossible, surprising or incongruous rules, influencing the way my audiences emotionally process what they see. For example, floating pool rings become a 3D paradox, architectural spaces appear to bend logic, and folded geometric structures appear sculptural and fluid. Through these visual shifts, I invite my viewers into worlds that feel simultaneously calm, playful, and slightly unreal.
ABOUT MEI
Mei Shibata is a New York-based contemporary painter whose work blends impossible geometry, perception and play through serene, visually immersive paintings. Taking advantage of training in physics, medical engineering and brand design, she creates iconic worlds where familiar objects and environments subtly bend the rules of reality.
